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The English Language
monkey:
--- Quote from: Time-Machine on February 25 2006, 08:29 am ---Another way to pronounce it...geeze...what is it with Aluminum? Canada vs. US vs. UK XD
Canada's accent always really interested me. The word choice seems to lean more towards the English way of saying things, but the way words are pronounced seems closer to the American way (harder r's and not as round of o's and such...) and then you add in the whole French influence o.0
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well when I was watching a BNL Documentry, The band is from Canada and they were talking about accents too and they said they say it just like the Americans (Aluminum) and not the English (Aluminium). I think there are only two ways.. at least of what I know of XD lol
I kinda wanna see a Japanese person say the british way of Aluminium.. with those "l's" XD lol
Strawberry:
--- Quote from: VexNet ---what the hell is Eggit?
Most americans I've talked to don't seem to know what Lush and Posh mean either.
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Eggit means "Idolt", I think it's more Irish then British, though some Brits do use that word. So basically Eggit is the Irish version of Baka.
Lol, I didn't know that Americans didn't know what Lush and Posh are
Anyway another difference is Cell phone and Mobile phone
Also notice the British and Americans prounce Vase and Vitamins differently?
monkey:
--- Quote from: Strawberry on February 26 2006, 05:06 am ---Eggit means "Idolt", I think it's more Irish then British, though some Brits do use that word. So basically Eggit is the Irish version of Baka.
Lol, I didn't know that Americans didn't know what Lush and Posh are
Anyway another difference is Cell phone and Mobile phone
Also notice the British and Americans prounce Vase and Vitamins differently?
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The cell phone thing confuses me to no end in that Orange advert at the cinema.
Because I was associated with Americans for so long I got used to calling it a Cell phone, But in the Orange Wensdays advert the guy says "But silence doesn't sell phones" and I'm ALWAYS left there thinking... What the hell, You mean Sell Cell Phones or Sell Mobile Phone, or what??" and I still think the guy is an idiot for saying that, lol.
and Eggit... hm interesting.
Cherry-chan:
I'm from Canada, and I've never heard anyone say Ah- loo- mi- ni- um instead of aluminum. It's kind of weird.
My teachers always get mad when I spell words the American way like, "color" instead of "colour'. One of my math teachers got really irritated with me because I spelled "meters (US)" instead of "metres(CAN)". I had to squint before I noticed the difference. Oh, the wonders of CANEnglish and USEnglish.
monkey:
wow, I never even knew there was a deifferent between Meters and Metres.. o.O"
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